Education, advocacy, and community stories from NC Pet Project.
TL;DR: Rehoming a dog yourself is almost always better for the dog than surrendering to a county shelter, and it is not…
Read articleTL;DR: Kitten season is the stretch of spring, summer and early fall when outdoor cats give birth in waves and shelters fill…
Read articleTL;DR: A community cat is any unowned cat living outdoors. A community cat program sterilizes, vaccinates and eartips those cats, then returns…
Read articleMost arguments for spay and neuter funding are made on compassion. They should be. But compassion is not the only case, and…
Read articleA feral cat and a stray cat can look identical from your kitchen window, but they are not the same animal and…
Read articleMore than 20,000 dogs and cats were euthanized in North Carolina shelters in 2024, the most recent year of statewide reporting. That’s…
Read articleTrap-Neuter-Return is the only proven method for reducing community cat populations over time, and starting a TNR program in your North Carolina…
Read articleThe best way to help feral cats is Trap-Neuter-Return: humanely trap them, get them spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and return them…
Read articleOnline pet scams are not a rare horror story. The Better Business Bureau’s Scam Tracker logged 2,278 pet-scam reports in 2024 with…
Read articleAmericans gave a record $21.57 billion to environment and animal organizations in 2024, the most ever (Giving USA 2025). That’s a lot…
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